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Posts tagged with "Trayvon Martin"
A skeptical take on the Boston tragedy
May. 8 | The tragic bombing that occurred at the Boston Marathon cannot be looked at in only black and white terms. Conspiracy theorists and political hacks are having a heyday with this. I am content with saying I don’t know what exactly happened...
Does it really matter? — Athletes’ sexual orientation none of our business
May. 8 | Two weeks ago we learned that the WNBA’s top overall pick is gay. Last week we learned that a longtime NBA veteran center is gay. Neither news item bothered me at all. However, what does bother me is what convinced Britney Griner...
We all are Trayvon Martin LGBTQs and African Americans united by murder
May. 10 | What does Trayvon Martin’s murder have to do with gay civil rights protection? The quick answer: The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act (mostly known by Matthew Shepard’s name). The nation is...
America is on a racial ‘Razor’s Edge’
Apr. 18 | Will entrenched injustices cut us to pieces? The death of Trayvon Martin on February 26 was not just another event in America’s troubled and tainted history of abusing the rights of African Americans. The controversy surrounding...
Obama: the White folk’s Black president
Apr. 18 | Where Obama’s hoodie at? Congressional Rep. Bobby Rush in March walked onto the House floor, stepped front and center, then, shedding his suit jacket, revealed a sweatshirt and put the hood up, declaring, “Racial profiling has to...
Anti-Black stereotypes killed Trayvon Martin and profiled me in St. Cloud
Apr. 18 | By Dr. Luke Tripp Guest Commentator The Trayvon Martin case has sparked the mobilization of millions who are morally outraged because Trayvon symbolized the targets and victims of the deeply racialized U.S. criminal justice system....
Robinson honored with North Side baseball clinic
Apr. 11 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer The city of Sanford, Florida today is known as the place where 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was killed. But almost 70 years ago, the city unfortunately earned another dubious distinction:...
Minnesotans march for Trayvon Martin
Apr. 4 | Attendees call for a ‘new beginning’ on solidarity, an end to racial profiling By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Thousands last week peacefully stood, marched, sang and chanted outside University of Minnesota’s Northrop...
America has given up on young Black men, like Trayvon Martin
Apr. 4 | By Phillip Jackson Guest Commentator Trayvon Martin is more valuable to America as a dead young Black man than he ever was alive. As a dead symbol, the president can claim him as a son he never had; but as a living Black man, the American...
